Sarah Palin to Senate: Defund Obamacare

Ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has joined confrontation-minded Republicans who want to defund the Affordable Care Act, aka. Obamacare, even at the risk of a government shutdown or debt default this fall.

The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee described the health care reform legislation as a “bureaucratic and economic beast,” not offering any evidence to support her argument.

Sarah Palin: Instructions to the Senate.

“Forced enrollment in Obama’s ‘Unaffordable Care Act’ is weeks away,” Palin said in a statement. “This beast must be stopped — by not funding it. Today, Todd and I joined with many of our fellow citizens tho urge those in the U.S. Senate to not fund Obamacare. We the people must continue to make our voices heard and hold those elected to serve this great nation accountable.”

Palin has been mentioned, and has mentioned herself, as a Senate candidate in 2014 against Alaska’s Democratic Sen. Mark Begich. Alaska’s other sSenator, Republican Lisa Murkowski, has questioned whether Palin even lives in the state.

The former half-term Alaska governor has not lost her taste for hyperbole. She stated:

“Those in the Senate and those seeking to serve there must stand strong against this devastating program before it reveals its true face now recognized by both sides of the aisle as the bureaucratic and economic beast that will deny our families, our businesses and our sick the ability to access health care.”

The Palin statement was released by the Senate Conservatives Fund, a creation of ex-South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint that has launched a Defund Obamacare effort. It has funded right-wing, Tea Party-backed Senate candidates.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who supports a fall confrontation, released a statement calling Palin a “tremendous voice for liberty.”

“Her strong support adds to our growing momentum to stop this ‘huge train wreck’ and help American families restore jobs and opportunity,” Cruz added.

Palin proclaimed, “The time for rhetoric and ceremonial votes in Congress is over. The time to take serious action to stop Obamacare is now.”

She also delivered an implicit warning to Republicans who might shy away from going over the brink: “Don’t fund Obamacare. Just remember — if you fund it, you own it.”